tuning lower notes

[Richard Brekne]

jason kanter wrote:

>As my aural tuning improved back in the Day, I noticed that I was often
>concentrating, in the low bass, on the fifth-tenth partial -- not to
>eliminate that beat but to make it gradually slower as I descended. Now that
>we use ETDs to do our listening, the danger is that we forget. Each piano
>has its own deep bass flavor -- some of the upper partials are stronger, but
>it varies by piano. It's extremely valuable to pay attention to what your
>ears are telling you!
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Amen to that.  I personally use the ETD only as a reference, and I only 
use it to directly compare coincident partials as my ear does.  
Typically I reference the 6:3 coincident all the way down.  Combining 
the knowledge that this pair should be quite close to pure the whole way 
with what my ears tells me <<sounds>> right for the piano at hand, 
insures exactly the kind of tuning I intend to execute every time.

Letting the machine do all the work for you is IMHO a less then optimal 
way of maintaining your aural abilities.

Cheers
RicB